by Joel Friedlander | Mar 19, 2012 | Author Blogging 101, Marketing, Self-Publishing
SEO. When you first hear it, you wonder if it’s a type of bank loan, a new athletic conference, or a word coined by digital teens for “see you.” Soon, of course, you find out it stands for “search engine optimization.” But maybe even...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 18, 2012 | Self-Publishing
Is it warming up where you are? We’re seeing buds on our flowering trees here, and no letup in the interest in self-publishing. This week we’ve got a huge “AMA” on the subject, advice for the assault on Amazon, and lots of help building your...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 7, 2012 | Book Design, Self-Publishing
Sooner or later, as an author who wants to self-publish a book, you’ll come to the question we all face: should you also design your own book? But what’s really behind this question is another question that might help answer the first one: When exactly is...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 5, 2012 | Author Blogging 101, Self-Publishing, Social Media
There’s a pretty important decision you make when you start your author blog. In fact, it’s the second-most important decision you’ll make in the early stages of establishing yourself online. The first decision, of course, is the topic you plan to...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 4, 2012 | Self-Publishing
Lots of talk these days about giving books away as a strategy for selling books, so you know things are still tinged with a bit of chaos. This week we’re lucky to have some incredible guides, to Amazon, self-publishing beyond the book, publicity and DIY...